How to Use obsessive in a Sentence

obsessive

adjective

• Many dancers are obsessive about their weight.
• He is an obsessive workaholic who never stops thinking about his job.
• The new therapy is supposed to help people control their obsessive thoughts.
• Zahs, a genial obsessive, is a lot of fun, and so is the movie.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2018
• Think hard about the words, but don’t be obsessive about them.
  — SI.com, 28 May 2018
• Still, Skaife is obsessive in his care of the birds, who are now celebrities, regardless of the misty myths.
  — William Booth, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
• Content to me starts with an obsessive focus on the users.
  — Aashish Chopra, Quartz India, 10 Oct. 2019
• One way is to foreground your obsessive commitment to the role—but even that can strike a false note.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Some might even call their love for these places obsessive, or at least that's what one dog proved in a viral video.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024
• Pawlowski urges parents not to be obsessive about where the items go.
  — Jolie Kerr, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• And then, there were the obsessive, protective fans known as Swifties.
  — New York Times, 24 Nov. 2019
• The ultramarathon is home to the gutsy eccentric; the marathon is home to the Type-A obsessive.
  — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
• An obsessive protector of rock’s past could hold the key to its future.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
• Then there’s the most frequent object of obsessive news stress: polls.
  — Arianna Huffington, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
• At the close of the first video, Tyla speeds off into the night after a long day of being trailed in her car by an obsessive ex.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
• These kids are as obsessive and quirky as a top-level athlete.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Sep. 2018
• Don’t belabor your point No one likes a boor or an obsessive, so don’t be one.
  — Dwight Silverman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 July 2018
• By extension, the same thing goes for OnePlus: the two brands are both obsessive in their pursuit of speed.
  — Vlad Savov, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2018
• The company has an obsessive dedication to its craft, down to the food the dairy cows eat.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2020
• The best way to understand the cult following of David Berman would be to talk to one of his obsessive fans, which is to say — talk to any one of his fans.
  — David Malitz, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2019
• Most of it was chalked up to being a first-time head coach who can be obsessive about every detail.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2021
• For an obsessive boot collector, what is the Holy Grail?
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
• The rules are typical for these trying times, but the number of signs is obsessive.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 Nov. 2020
• The rules were typical for these trying times, but the number of signs was obsessive.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
• Keep in mind that this is a game that’s designed around these kinds of obsessive replay sessions.
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 29 June 2019
• But the mood in this, his ninth feature, is for the most part affectionate rather than obsessive.
  — New York Times, 24 July 2019
• Ever the hair obsessive, Villanelle strokes Eve’s face and tangles her hand in her hair.
  — refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
• The 1% have a strong sense of self and an obsessive focus on purpose combined with results.
  — Paul Prior, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
• Issues of urban renewal, the value of public art, the difficulty of being married to an obsessive artist and lots more run through Workman’s film.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
• With his question still unanswered, the narrator’s obsessive pursuit of the truth becomes entwined with an ever more desperate – and dangerous – quest to find Sylvia.
  — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2025